English Language Teachers’ Summer Seminar 2014

Edmund Dudleylegyened@yahoo.co.uklegyened.edublogs.org

28 July – 1 August 2014

Promoting Speaking Skills

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Day 1: Preparing to speak: from reception to production

Day 2: Managing spoken interaction in the classroom

Day 3: Developing authentic speaking activities and classroom tasks

Day 4: Preparing students for oral exams

Day 5: Evaluating students’ speech

Slide main heading

Day 1

Preparing to speak: from reception to production

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My Blackberry is not workinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

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Girl on a swing

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Responding to inputDoes she need a jacket?

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Responding to inputDoes she need a jacket?

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Discussion

• Does the child need a coat or not? • Who is right? • What does it depend on? • How can situations like this best be resolved?

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Language focus

"It's cold. She should be wearing a jacket."

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Language focus

"It's cold. She should be wearing a jacket."

Rewrite this in the following ways:

1. Make the message more indirect:

2. Make the message even more direct:

3. How would you say it if you were the person in this situation?

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"It's cold. She should be wearing a jacket."1.Make the message more indirect:

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"It's cold. She should be wearing a jacket."2. Make the message even more direct:

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"It's cold. She should be wearing a jacket."3. How would you say it?

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Reflections on the lesson

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Reflections on the lesson

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Reflections on the lesson

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QABR1kR28

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Day 2

Managing spoken interaction in the classroom

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Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman

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Steve: librarian or farmer?

Steve has been described by a neighbour as follows: ‘He is very shy and withdrawn, invariably helpful but with little interest in people or in the world of reality. A meek and tidy soul, he has a need for order and structure, and a passion for detail.’

Is Steve more likely to be a librarian or a farmer?

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Steve: librarian or farmer?

“Librarians are shy and tidy...”

“Librarians are usually women...”

“Libraries need to be well organised...”

“So do farms…”Professional Development21

Providing options

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Providing options

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Providing options

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Creating further options?

Providing variety

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What do you think happened?Differentiation

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C. Choose the best explanation:- He might have left it there to collect later.

- He could have been kidnapped by somebody.

A. What do you think happened?He might have …He could have …

B. What do you think happened to the businessman?

…

Activities based on mediationA Police interview

• Student A: The Businessman

• Student B: The Police Officer

• Student C: The interpreter

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Day 3

Developing authentic speaking activities and classroom tasks

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Describing people and eventsPaying attention to details

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Eyewitness descriptions Can you describe the thief?

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Eywewitness descriptionsStudents’ reactions

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Providing instrinsically motivating tasksVideotelling: Banksy

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Mobile Lovers - Banksy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c73qW9wu_5E&feature=youtu.be

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‘The end of the rainbow – closer than you think’

‘Polar bears in space – the final frontier’

‘Too much cheese’

‘A dollar a day – hey! hey! hey!’

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Learning English

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Getting good grades

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Hungarian football

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…when you have no idea what is on your slides!

Random Power Point

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That awkward moment…

Challenge

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Random Power Point

Not so Random Power Points

• Food and drink random.ppt

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Random Power Points

• The secret of happiness.pptx• Danger all around us.pptx• Seven wonders of the world.pptx• My grandmother always says.pptx

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Day 4

Preparing students for oral exams

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Describing pictures

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Describing pictureshttp://www.pawelkuczynski.com/

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Describing pictureshttp://www.pawelkuczynski.com/

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Flowcharts

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Flowcharts

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Day 5

Evaluating students’ speech

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Encouraging students

We can encourage pupils through our attitude and our actions. • Body language and gestures• Words of encouragement

– Here are some examples from

Practical Classroom English

Saying yes

Yes. Good. Fine. Right.That’s right. You’re quite right. Correct.Excellent. That’s very good. Very nice. That’s great/ brilliant/

fantastic.Well done. Excellent / nice / good work. Nicely done. You did

a good job there.

More ways to say ‘yes’

Marvellous! Magnificent! Fabulous! Sensational! Wonderful! Terrific! Wow! Outstanding! Nice going! Nice work! Great stuff! I like that! Cool! Right on! (AE) Way to go! (AE) Awesome! (AE) Good job! (AE)

Encouraging

Not quite right. Almost (right). Nearly. Good / nice try.Have another try. Have another go. Are you sure? Try again.There’s no hurry. Take your time. Take it easy. Not so fast.Keep it up. Keep up the good work

More ways to say something encouraging

Go on.

Have a try.

Take a guess.

Don’t give up!

Go for it!

Don’t worry about it!